It’s no secret that the 2017 FSTA Conference is today and tomorrow, but while the majority of the fantasy industry turns its head towards fantasy football, all of you fantasy baseballers are still in need of your daily dose of advice, waiver laments and, of course, pertinent fantasy baseball news. SO rather than try and get too complex, let’s just take a look at some of the more relevant streaks you’re going to want to keep track of as your week gets started. Not all of them are hot streaks, so before you decide to just skim through the names, be sure to understand if we’re talking good stuff or bad.

Dee Gordon has not drawn a walk in his last 116 plate appearances against LHP.

See that? We’ll start off with some negative here just to test you. This is an unbelievably bad streak to be on, especially because it actually dates back to August 12 of last season. Gordon is sitting on a career 4.7-percent walk rate which is really bad as is, but now digging deeper and looking at his splits against southpaws and it gets even more depressing. For his career, he’s a .278 hitter against lefties but has an even more dismal 3.9-percent walk rate and .313 OBP against them, so your expectations shouldn’t have been all that high to begin with. But to now understand that you might have to think about sitting him when he’s matched up against same-handed pitching and it becomes even more of a drain on your investment. If he’s all you’ve got with regard to steals you have to bear with him and just keep him active, but if you’re in a head-to-head league and think you can steal the category without him, you may want to think about boosting your other stats and pass on some of the speed potential.

Kenley Jansen has not walked a batter in his last 36 innings pitched.

Another streak that dates back to last season, but at least this one sits on a positive note. You want an elite closer? You’ve definitely got one in Jansen. The job security doesn’t get any better than this and Jansen continues to deliver like a top-tier talent. The K/9 sits at 15.17 for the season here and his 0.91 ERA and 0.30 FIP say it all. Barring injury, he’ll likely finish up this season atop all statistical leaderboards for not just closers, but all relievers. Enjoy the ride here and relish in the fact that you’re not chasing saves on the wire.

Chris Sale has at least six strikeouts in each of his last 16 starts.

Clayton Kershaw cannot boast about a streak like this and neither can Max Scherzer. Sale, however, has pitched lights-out this season and while there may have been a slight stumble here and there, he’s proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, he is one of the games absolute best. His velocity took a little hit last year which raised more than just a few eyebrows, but he’s back to consistently throwing a 95 mph fastball and both his slider and changeup have followed suit. He’s missing a ton of bats this season and along with his uptick in raw strikeouts, he’s also posting phenomenal 16.1-percent swinging strike rate. His mindset is exactly where it needs to be right now (as opposed to last year when he was shredding jerseys) and he’s not just an easy front-runner for the AL Cy Young, but he’s well on his way to being the No. 1 pitcher overall too.

Tommy Joseph’s current 14-game hit streak is the longest in the majors.

I know, right? Tommy freakin’ Joseph. His last 0-for was back on June 4 and during this run, he’s batting .339 (19-for-56). Unfortunately, though, he’s really not doing much else. I don’t want to dismiss the streak, but over that span he’s got just one home run with seven RBI and only four runs scored. You tend to see this a lot with traditionally low-average power guys as they sacrifice home runs for batting average. The only problem is, however, we don’t give a crap about Joseph’s average. We want the long balls. We want the boost in the counting stats. If we were looking for batting average help, we’d be looking at more Howie Kendricks than Josephs, so while this is a nice run, he’s not doing what we own him to do.

Eduardo Nunez has a 29-game streak of reaching base safely.

Now this was a streak we could all get behind as Nunez opened the season a little cold (though he did have seven steals in April) and has gradually heated up throughout his tenure. He’s swiping roughly a half-dozen bases per month which keeps him on a solid schedule for the year and he’s definitely kicking in more than his fair share of runs scored as well. He’s not really supposed to be a power guy, so we don’t expect much in the home runs and RBI departments, yet Bruce Bochy still hits him in the middle of the order. At some point you’d like to see him further up in the order, but beggars can’t be choosers, right? Keep in mind, he’s missed the last three games with a hamstring issue and while the Giants haven’t indicated he needs a stint on the DL, he might miss another game or two this week.

Jett Bandy is hitless in his last 22 at-bats.

Remember when he was a late-round darling in drafts and he started the season off white hot? Yeah, me either. But he did. It just went unnoticed by so many and now here we are and he’s not doing squadoosh for your fantasy team. His days as a lead catcher in two-catcher leagues is over and it’s starting to look like Manny Pina could even up supplanting him even more as the season progresses. If you’ve been quietly sitting on Bandy and just have him in the lineup, you should probably think about making a move. Heck, you probably should have done it when he batted just .218 for the month of May. I t’s not too late though. You can easily find your way out of this.

Ervin Santana has not struck out any of the 46 left-handed hitters he’s faced since May 29, 2017.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Santana opened the season white-hot, but has since stumbled and there’s been a steady progression in the wrong direction with regard to missing bats. Through the month of April, Santana posted a 21.1-percent strikeout rate but has watched it steadily decline as the season has waned. He posted an 18-percent mark in May and is now sitting on a 15-percent mark here in June. As you can imagine, the rest of his numbers are following suit and the ERA, WHIP and other peripherals are all trending in the wrong direction. He’s still worth using with a positive match-up, but your window for selling high is long gone.

Honorable Mentions:

Jose Ramirez has at least one extra-base hit in each of his last six games.

Daniel Murphy has not struck out in his last 37 plate appearances.

Dexter Fowler has homered in four-straight games.